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The key points from the parishes release are:

in England there are over 10,000 local precepting authorities; the vast majority are civil parishes, and there are 17 charter trustees and 2 Temples of London

of these, 8,813 parishes, charter trustees and Temples (local precepting authorities) instructed their billing authority to collect Council Tax on their behalf in 2014 to 2015, an increase of 8 from 2013 to 2014

the average Band D Council Tax added to bills by parishes in 2014 to 2015 is £52.37, which is an increase of £2.14, or 4.3% on 2013 to 2014

the total Council Tax collected on behalf of parishes in 2014 to 2015 is £389 million, which represents 1.6% of the total council requirement for England of £23.6 billion

precepting parishes cover 7.4 million Band D equivalent properties, the equivalent of 46% of all Band D equivalent properties in England

242 of the 326 billing authorities in England have parishes, one more than in 2013 to 2014; the number of parishes that require the collection of Council Tax within a local authority ranges from 1 to 239